Thursday, January 17, 2013

GRUESOME STUFF RELISH

Spanish horror maniacs
GRUESOME STUFF RELISH will have a new album entitled “Sempiternal Death Grind”
out on FDA this month. I have talked with Noel Kemper and here are all relevant
news about it.

Hi Noel, how are you? Are
you nervous to have a new album soon, or is it just routine all in all?

Hi Jorg! Doing well and you? I´m not nervous but I
want to play again with GSR. I haven´t listened to the album since we recorded
it but I know we did a good work. Recording new albums is my favourite
routine!!!

Your first album in
almost 5 years – what are your listeners to expect? What has happened musically
– the same left path or are you trying to break new ground?

Yes, a lot of time.....The new album is the sequel to
"Horror..." and it´s faster, doomer and more death metal oriented. We
want to follow the same path till the end of the band but it´s impossible to
record the same album two times. This one is the next step in the GSR
discography.

Is the vintage horror
stuff still in your focus? Do you never get tired from Blind Dead and Black
Cats?

Never!! I live in a closed loop of horror films and
rock and roll music seasoned with german Weissbier. I need that to live!! And
sex too!

I have seen your video
clip for “Desecrated”. The black cat at the beginning shows you attraction to
Argento and co, right?

It´s my cat Gangerito. Yes! It remembered me of the
Argento´s film. I love that movie. It´s a classic!!

How is GSR answering to
the permanent changes in Death & Grind, because the scene is always moving?

GSR answer doing old school death/grind in the way it
has to be played!! Raw, dirty and noisy. We´re into Necrony, Carcass, Impetigo,
Entombed, Dismember, General Surgery, Bolt Thrower, etc... we don´t listen to
the new movements in the scene. We don´t like most of the subgenres in the
"new school scene". I prefer the recordings made in the nineties but
there are some cool new bands like Disma, Bombs of Hades or Cancer Spreading.

To let the lead guitar
“weep” is a typical expression for morbid pleasures in GSR. I hope deeply that
you will maintain that, can we expect more of this on the new album?

Yes! No doubt! Be sure you will not be disappointed!!
I love that sound!

You run some other bands/projects.
Has your emphasis changed back to GSR now? Or is GSR uninfluenced from that?

I do what I can for all the projects I´m involved in.
Now I´m recording 12 songs with a new band called Boneyard and the new Broken
Gravestones single too. Altar of Giallo is on hold because we´re waiting for
the release of a split Cd with the Spanish band Destino/Entierro (with Antonio
from Freakhate) and Gälerna is really active now playing live our first Cd“The abyss” released through Horror Pain Gore
Death. I´m also into punk rock with my band The Burning Lust (bandcamp/the
burning lust) This year will be the year of GSR but I never forget my other
bands.

Now you have a deal with
FDA, an ambitious label from Germany. What came from that deal? What did you
know of FDA previously?

We´re really happy with the label!!! I don´t know how
it was but Pablo sent them the cd with the album and they did the best offer.
We talked with Relapse, Willowtip, Hammerheart, Xtreem etc…but FDA won.

All the years you have
released on many different labels. Maybe you don’t like to have a relationship
with one label?

Yes we had many labels and we have good relationship
with all except Razorback Recs.

You will release it in
digital version too. Is this a concession to modern times?

FDA decided to do it that way. I don´t know how to
download that… My middle finger is the best friend of modern times.

And you will have
different versions of vinyl, tell me about that if you could?

There will be some copies en clear vinyl, some in red
and the rest in normal version. Have you seen the cover? It´shorroresque pop-art!! I´m really glad with
the layout.

Being groovy and catchy -
is this a requirement for your songs? Maybe you like it being chaotic and
disharmonic too?

Yes both!! I write death/grind songs with the schemes
of a rock song. Verse chorus verse chorus lead chorus….you know…

You have got a new guy in
your line up. Tell me about the bass – slave!

It´s Joss Franco the drummer of the stoner band Space
Coyote. He´s now playing bass in Galerna too!!!

Playing with 2 guitars
opens new possibilities, more stage intensity for example, etc, etc.

Yes. I think it´s better for the band. 2 guitars let
you create a sonic wall playing live. I tried to play guitars in the past but I
was always drunk and I couldn´t play it in an adequately way. Now I´m well and I´ve grabbed the guitar
again!!

Is the new album title
“Sempiternal Death Grind” to be understood as a statement?

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